Intro to New Project Music Video

     Today we are starting on our new project which is the music video. We are done with the commercial project. Storyboarding worked really well for us in our commercial because it shortened the amount of time we spent filming. Storyboarding is something that we will be utilizing in our music video. I am very excited to start this project. I am working with a different group for this project. I’m excited to use the some of the props that we’ll be using.

     We chose the song Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus. We chose the song because it's nostalgic to our childhood. It will also bring back happy memories and make it more exciting. The genre of the song is pop. The song was released in 2009. This means that we will have to go back to our 2009 childhood and remember what made 2009 different than our time today. The song goes back to our elementary school days when times were easier and when we had more fun. Since we had more fun a small the song is a pop song, it will be very easy to recreate this video in our own perspective because our 2009 selves were so light hearted and care free which is what pop feels like.

     1) Costumes- our costumes will be based around the style of clothing in 2009, and mixed with expensive outfits. We chose to do it this way and not remake it for our time, a decade later because we wanted to feel the nostalgia of our childhood and because it took place in Hollywood originally and even though we don't want to recreate the video completely, we still want to follow the lyrics of the song.  

2) Lighting- the lighting will be varied throughout the entire video because we will be shooting at different times a day on different days. This will work with the video because it will give it a storyline feel. 

3) Actors- We will be using the help of our teenage friends for the dancing and acting. Since in a teenage music video, there are usually many people, it wouldn't make sense to have one person in the entire video. Since there are only two of us as a team, one person would have to be shooting while the other acts, which wouldn't make for a good video. 

4)Makeup- Our actors will be wearing basic makeup, like mascara and light eye shadow to replicate the 2009 pop culture vibes. This will call for a lot of research to figure out how 2009 teenagers used makeup. 

5) Props- Our props will consist of sparkers when it gets darker, a speaker to show the music that would play, and a taxi driver type of hat. We chose these to stay as close to the lyrics as we can. 

6) Setting- We will be shooting our music video at the beach around sunset and sunrise for the beginning and end of the video, as well as dancing. We will also have it around a park near the school for the cab scenes and for the dancing, and also downtown for the tall building and city feel of Hollywood.

7) The camera angles will be shot from far away, low angles, and tracking shots. The sound will be the music playing for the video. We will have to edit a lot in Pinnacle Studios to have our scenes together. This will take time after the filming which we are hoping to have.